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World / Middle East

Deadly clashes between Syria regime and US-backed forces: monitor 29 Apr 2018 - 03:30 pm
Peninsula
Iraq sentences 19 Russian women to life for joining Islamic State 29 Apr 2018 - 03:23 pm
A picture taken on April 29, 2018 in the Iraqi capital Baghdad's Central Criminal Court shows Russian women who have been sentenced to life in prison on grounds of joining the Islamic State (IS) group standing with children in a hallway. Iraq sentenced 19
Syria regime, rebels reach evacuation deal in southern Damascus 29 Apr 2018 - 02:02 pm
A picture taken late on April 28, 2018 shows smoke plumes rising from explosions in the skyline of a southern district of the Syrian capital Damascus, during regime strikes targeting the Islamic State group in the Palestinian camp of Yarmuk, and neighbour
Turkey's Erdogan starts campaigning for snap June elections 28 Apr 2018 - 06:47 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim greet the crowd after attending AK Party's 6th ordinary provincial congress in western Izmir province, Turkey on April 28, 2018. AFP PHOTO / TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS S
Stadium in Syria's rebel-held Idlib hosts unlikley football game 28 Apr 2018 - 05:50 pm
A player of the team of the Syrian Civil Defence (known as the White Helmets) kicks the ball during the first football game at Idlib's stadium since three years, in Idlib on April 25, 2018.   AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Syrian army, Islamic State wage fierce battle in south Damascus 28 Apr 2018 - 05:06 pm
A picture taken in the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus on April 27, 2018 shows smoke billowing in the area during Syrian army shelling and airstrikes.  AFP / Rami al SAYED
From refugees to earthquakes, Istanbul ready for a reshape, say city planners 28 Apr 2018 - 04:56 pm
People are fishing on bosphorus river as new built Camlica mosque is seen in the backround on April 26, 2018 in Istanbul. AFP / OZAN KOSE
Turkish ex-president Gul says not running for the top job in June 28 Apr 2018 - 02:57 pm
Former Turkish President Abdullah Gul is seen with Saadet Party leader Temel Karamollaoglu during a ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey April 24, 2018. Picture taken April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir
IS suspects stand trial for Iran attacks 28 Apr 2018 - 01:45 pm
File picture of the parliament's building during a gunmen attack in central Tehran, Iran, June 7, 2017. TIMA via REUTERS
Palestinian vies for imaginary seat in Lebanon parliament 28 Apr 2018 - 12:43 pm
Palestinian parliamentary candidate Manal Kortam (C) explains to a classroom why she has nominated herself for a seat that does not exist in next month's elections at the Mar Elias Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut on April 26, 2018.  AFP / JOSEPH EID
US, Turkish army chiefs discuss Syria in phone call 28 Apr 2018 - 12:32 pm
Turkish-backed Syrian fighters exit a building in Tadef, near the city of al-Bab in the northern countryside of Aleppo province on April 27, 2018. / AFP / Sameer Al-Doumy
Three Palestinians killed as deadly clashes erupt again in Gaza at Israeli border fence 27 Apr 2018 - 08:19 pm
A Palestinian demonstrator wearing an Anonymous mask protests on the Israel-Gaza border, east of Gaza City in the central Gaza Strip, during the fifth straight Friday of mass demonstrations and clashes along the border with Israel on April 27, 2018.  AFP
Russia presents unharmed Syrians to OPCW, Western envoys condemn stunt 26 Apr 2018 - 09:29 pm
Unidentified people from Douma, Syria, arrive at a news conference in the Hague, Netherlands, April 26, 2018. Reuters/Michael Kooren
Mattis: Iran nuclear deal includes 'robust' verification 26 Apr 2018 - 07:02 pm
Jim Mattis
Daesh attack leaves 2 Iraqi policemen dead in Kirkuk 26 Apr 2018 - 01:21 pm
Peninsula
Syria blocks humanitarian aid after retaking Eastern Ghouta: UN 25 Apr 2018 - 06:42 pm
Russian military vehicles are seen in eastern Ghouta near Douma, in Damascus, Syria April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho
Turkey says facing 'new refugee wave' after 30,000 Afghans arrive 25 Apr 2018 - 04:38 pm
File photo. Reuters
Official: Gunmen kidnap senior sport official near Baghdad 25 Apr 2018 - 01:50 pm
 Bashar Mustafa